Mightier Than a Sword

Recently I've been given streams of story ideas, some of which pertain to a long-delayed writing project - my first novel. While I enjoyed writing short stories and the occasional poem, they are merely short journeys to a limited destination. A novel, however, is ever-changing, like the weather - at a whim you can change a tiny detail into the basis of a remarkable sub-plot, or the essential pivot of the central plot, and of course vice-versa.

Not going into details much, I've decided to give the investigative novel a shot, partly because I've been reading so many Detective Conan cases (hey, I didn't say I'm not a manga fan). It actually might be an interesting angle to write about, and I can utilise my trivia to make up an intriguing case. Also, I find switching between time-lines, between different eras, a rather difficult but most satisfying read, especially when you expect them to connect to each other at one point or another. Kate Mosse and, to a degree, David Gibbins, used this writing technique to produce astounding works of literature, and I'm bent in attempting to do the same.

The topic is a phantom presence. The setting is an out-of-the-way boarding school. The main characters are from different times, but are somehow connected.

This would be an awesome adventure to write.